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yarded a, sure Of a denomination for con

btAple.
Mrs. Melinda Keller died yesterday
morning at the home Of her son, Rev. K
F. keeler. She wss In her seventy.
seventh year. The funeral services VIII
DO held at the house this afternoon at 8
O'Clock and the funeral party will leave
here for Erie, Pa, Saturday morning.
A stranger was struck by a p~assenge,
train on the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh rail.
road about Merta's Wednesday night. lie
was brought down on the train and was
supposed to DO badly hurt, but be proved
to DO oil right, not being even badly
bruleed, although he had been knocked
through several somersaults.
Mr.. Fred Hecker met with a bad aecl.
dent while at tho home OF his deceased
son.in.law waiting until the arrival Of come
members Of tho lodge to sit with the
corpee. Getting drowsy, he began
walking back and forth In tho hall on the
second floor, and stepping backward tc
reach a door, he fell headlong down
the long flight Of stairs. When picked ur
he was thought 10 DO dead, but he finally
regained consciousness.
A number Of parties are about ready te
build but have not yet made their inten.
tons public. Most Of these will build
dwellings. The following buildings arc
now begun or about to be begun: George
Weatlake has broken ground for a dwell
ing III the First ward. Mrss Lille Keily
has begun foundations for q double brick
dwelling On Noble street In "the Gut
J. y. Batnhill has about finished new
buildings for boiler shops, in the Second
ward. l.. s. Woodbridge has we'll under
way Il frame dwelling on Guernsey street,
Gravel Hill. William Mccoy has almost
completed double brick dwelling in 1.-THE
Cut" The Ohio Lantern Company hM
the ground almost ready for a four.story
brick factory, AZ by 100 feet, below the q
&P. depot. Tho Bellaire Nail Works Ia
building a large brick store house above
It's warehouse. Blum Bros. have under
roof a double store-room and photograph
gallery on Thirty.aecond street. Stewart
x King will build q atore-room and dwell.
ing in the First ward. Julius schwob IL
remodeling and greatly enlarging the A,
J.. Myera property for his dry goods store,
Joseph Carter has almost completed q
double frame at the Indian run bridge,
The A. NJ. L. Church has had plans for q
new church prepared by John M1George
and arc receiving bids for the work. Their
lot 10 opposite Elikan's corner, in the
Fourth ward.
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What Is Cook County To Ion

CHICAGO, March 24.-Cook county has
not yet paid the bill for board aud lodging
Of the jury that convicted the Anarchists,
and, according to present appearance, it
will be a long day bsfoTe the proyeniar
which they consumed will have beer: Get.
tied Tor: Proprietor Tanning, Of the
Revere House, has recovered a verde: OF
$500 aga'nst the county for the enter
tainment OF the twelve good men and
true, but County Attorney Bliss this
morning fled an appeal against the judg-
ment and the caase will be tried on liz
merits some time next month.
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COrinne III "rlie hInscutt."

Last night there waR another large au.
dience OF the most discriminating patrons
OF tho stage at the Grand, to Witness the
rendition OF "The Mascot" by the Cor.
inne Opera Company. The performance
Was much above the average COMIC opera
soen here. Indeed, few better companies
were over seen. The piquant Corinne
WIS tho ideal EtttHa, md tho support waa
creiitable and uniform. The costuming
wn up to this compsuy's %well-known high
standard. Encorrs we've the order of thu
evening. This evening tho company will
render the famous three-act mueical cou:
edy, "Capera," for tho only time. 1t is
highly praised elsewhere.
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We have ia-t rccriyrl a full line u
SPRING 0iEiaUATiAtS, and nrc In
daily rcccip, OF the latest toycllirs In
Spring Suitingg.
Also, On hand handsome line Of Neck.
wear and GrEtlemnM's Furnishing t!nGas.
C.. HESS X SONS,
No. 1921 Market Street.
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The STRIFE Il: the Crescent mil! is s.iil in
statu qno. The company shows no disno.
Bi,ion TO urge q settlement. Thoy arc up
parently indifferent how long the forced
suspension continues, and tltis ia attributed
Ivy thoHo posted to the present condition
Of the iron market, anu the fact that they
have on hand enough iron to supply nil
the demands on their stock which they
care to supply. 1t 10 said .ha. the present
ruling price Of sheet iron, their liuishcd
product, is scarcely sufficient to munt the
cost Of the raw material and labor which
enters into the output.
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There Ia q falling oil III tho prices oil
foundry iTonin this market. The demand
Tor brssener pig is 90 great, however, thai
it remains attn at about S23 80. Foundry
ironqn0ted last week ut 80 ut tho furnace,
10 now oilnrod at 80. This state Of nilaira
10 regarded "a rather extraordinary, IN
view OF the Heemlng iirmnsus OF iron in
general. The iaeling seeua4 / ba that the
market ia entering Oh u Verlod Of activity
which will NECESSARILY s!.leu pricea in ali
IUDa1tEucnig.
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Canadian Ore Fields,

HALIFAX, N. s., March 24.-Itis report.
ed that a combination Of wealthy men in.
cluding Senator Payne, Of Ohio, Erastus
Wiman, Of New York, and James McLa.
rem, OF Ottawa, is being formed to control
all the valuable iron ore deposits in Can
ada, now said to be the richest in the
world. More than two-thirds OF the re-.
quiIed capital of slO.00O,O0O has been
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Mr.. Ion 1t. Myers has received an np,
poiEtment from PoBtmNalur Simpson IA q
Substitute Letter Carrier, and io began
the diseh8Ygs Of the dntira Of hia nav po.
clifton yeaterlay. Mr.. Simpson hNs mnlc
no more fortunate choice than this since
!i4 administration commenced. Mr.. 81.
Myers il II competent, faithful and ohlig.
Ing young gentleman, and hia nHmeF0VH
friends arc glad TO But him placed in the
line d promotion.
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RIVER NEWS,
Stage OF the Water and Movements of the

Stage OF the Water and Movements of the
Nnnt-.
The Scotia paSaed up yesterday Ell route
from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. She had
Il good trip on board.
The river wac stationary at thla polu,
Inst evening with depth in the channel
Of & feet u inches, as indicated by the
lowur gauge.
The reports from above last evening
were ~ follows: Pittsburgh 3 feet . inches
and falling; Lock No. /, Il teet s inches
and stationary; Brownsville, 5 iest and
stationary; RiCo's Landing, 1 feet /
inches and stationary.
The W. n. Chancellor is due down al
On carly hour this morning on her way
to Charleston and intermediate points or
the Ohio and kanAwh8. This s:aunel
stern-wheel packet has been regularly in
tho trade Tor several years.
The National Government it appears
has not yet accepted tho Muskingum rive,
improvements from the state of Ohio.
Owing to n break in one OF the dams thu,
stream is uDnHyieahln; it hns been in baC
condition for y number OF yearG, and II if
not to be wondered that tho State is M.
Eious to gel rid Of it. II the Muskinsum
WAS placed in good n9vienble condition
there iHr.Gaou 70 believe that o bnst could
make q good living III tho Pittsburgh and
IAncsville trade.
The Louis A. Shirley is duo this after.
noon from Cincinnati, for which point she
will leave st O'Clock Tomorrow attmnoou
on her return trip. Capt. Amos Davis IN
in command and clever Charlie Reeyey, Of
this city, il still in the office as chief clerk.
These genllenen guarantee to make il
agreeable for all who patronage them, and
they do 1t, too. The steRmur has ample
freight Recommendations and her passenger
Iuarters ara c0mmodious and well IN.
pointed. The attention OF ghippurs il
called 10 her advertisement.
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MOST IMPORTANT ORDERS.

The Wheeling tln'hins Company has
instructed nv, AS their manager, to offer
and sell the entire -1"ck ol Clothing ut
their store-rOom, 1853 Main street, n
whatever price they VIII bring, ~ The
store must be vacated by ih" LIST of April,
and the remaining govds must be dig
posed Of by that lime.
j. ENILLES, Manager.
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Frank Mayo and his excellent company
last night, again presented "So1deck" a,
the Opera House. 1t Is a eource OF regret
as well as modification, that the house
was not filled. No such o performance
was ever seen here before. Those whc
vera pteeent, and there wss q lair sized
audience, recalled the entire company
after each act several times. The per,
formance inspired the following lines by
@ Wheeling man.
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and reliable Modiciucn nre tho beat 10 DO.
pond upon. AcSer'B Blood elixir Inns
bonn prescribed for years for ali impuri.
ten oi tho Blood. In every form Of Scroi.
nlons, Syphilitic or Mmcnrinl iiMMsrn, IL
il invaluable. For rheumatism, has no
equal. Logan Y 20. ind u. Menko.
mviiet. 10
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fashioned after tho Indian Moccasin, the
most comfortable clipper made. We have
them for gentlemen, ladies' and children.
Call and inspect the most novel slipper
made. }. W.. AMlcK,
lib Main street.
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"TnEEE Gre moua.t things in heaven and
oattA, tiotHtio, than lro dreGmt Of in your
philosophy" OF %c0utadl Why, tltofn old
buffers suffered horribly with Rrhcu and
paing, and didn't and couldn't know tina,
Salvation OH would euro thNnl.
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EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
The Committee Of Council and the Chnmbei
OF Commerce.

N"S
OF Commerce..
The special Council committee sp.
pointed at the suggestion Of Mr.. J. A.
Faris to devise come plan or mesus to in
duce capital seeking to invest in new
manufacturing concerns to locate here, At
it's fret meeting, at which it organized,
adjourned TO meet again this evening. at
that first meeting all invitation was ex.
tended to the Chamber OF Commerce to
appoint n special committee to work with
this one, make suggestions and generally
aid in doing something 10 boom the old
town. Yesterday the following gentle
men were appointed q committee on be-
hali OF the Chamber: Colonel Thomas
O'BFien, chairman, Hon. A. J. Sweeney,
Capt. John McLare, Mr.. q. B. Hart and
Mr.. James 3. fancy. The two commit
tees will meet jointly at 1880 O'Clock this
evening at the Public Building.
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NAYo's "SoRpECK,"


Such art MS thts-srch art Hs thine,
o MAYO. give Us hope, TO rec
This ASe III future ages shiue!
That In those days the cry may be:
"Tne vlOry Of the drama failed
Hlen Mayo diett" as We lament.
"1hc sllenior OF the stnge has pa,ei
Since FeChter, Kc4n uud Forces. vert"
Such rounded aEd sHeh pefite, AT
They knew not In the days Of old.
Vas any Of their actors bold
ToyeninIc, when he played q part,
Ills own supremacy TO hold
Among a troupe OF stars all with the great
enrollCd1
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GEO. n. SHOOK IL co.

Wanted -Twcnty Girls,
Jcwctt'S Wntcr Fitcrs-SLshit l. BIO.
Ja-iHUka i4!ire-lGFi Bros.
A CMrd-luAn y, PcAd|eton.
Piano Hnvlug-F. V. iIAImrF.
SJsiug Opening Vt Artistic Millinery Novelties
MN. Bertha lIAcr,
Brilliant Opening Of the New Art gioIo-E. l.
Elcoll.
simmons Liver Ke;uiator-Thifd vagc.
SC,lbner's Magazine lUt April.
Universal rra.sc-M. GuIG0I l. Co.-Fou.tl
Pare.
For C!nctnrati- Steamer Louis A. Ehirlry-llcat
OF Lu.HL,
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To-day there will be sold the Billiard
Tables, Bar Room Fixtures ard the 70.
mainde: Of the Furniture and Ca.peta in
tho McLuso House. Tomorrow viii! be
the closing day OF the sale.
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nj Wheeling Clothing Co. store, No. HOS
Main s,spht, ~ . o'clock tina afternoon.
l:NiitO stock OF Rsady.nNde Clothing must
DO sold by April lBt.
]. BuLLRs, Manager.
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As reported by Christian %scfnepf, drug
gist, Opera iiouDo corner, ypatorday:
7t.x. gA.x. nv. BEN. 7rx
~ ~' @ 10 CT
Hruthrr-EH!F.
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The lRHdtH:Ht Fepi6vRCe 81 Nj. Cl4liA
TcGo ~ Ncr;n Nan s;r1.! - the nCrn6
last evening Of a very lieneant gathering.
III" occasion WIS in tho nature OF m IN
iotmA! reception 10 M"WrR. Ffico and
Parks, d birmingham, England, who ere
nov travelling in this country for bnsineGs
and picaRusr combined. Th0Nu wno wnro
present enjoyed very much mrntins tl"po
tw0 gentlemen, and tho gUyutIcu Of tho
evening.
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JAS, s. MrAruY, NJ. D., Company'a
Shore, y. q. ~a,"a: q mIl a goat A"al
Of DR., !'ulI'G Uongh Syrup, for every one
| who ,rics 1t Ikea It."
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Go TO John Rormm's old H.Rud, Non.
9Olv and gO2l for wall paper to-day.
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To-Day, March %, In the feast Of the
"Annuncta.ion OF the BleeRed Virgin" In
the Catholic calendar. Though not q
holy day Of obligation, 1t is one Of great
devotion among Catholics. Appropriate
services will DO held in all the Catholic
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-07

pertness, they form tho wall and ceiling Of tho
room Hupdreds Of little inch SQUARE card. card.
ySits aspen ps 9 sayes On tangled Ssst tsiss IN
the breeze that comes through the Marcy nan
Through the dSor n one
fllled with green liquid ten thousand q them
stacked tier on tier In wooden racks, with mar.
the other end OF the room admits the sound Of
the dynamos.,a sound that is almost SILENCE In
asSs Il Is hs ssr
little bell on the staircase outside that strikes
of tho seconds year inland year out, marking
Engineer Brown. who sits among tho DYNAMO
malchines In ne greasy blouse ana ove , OF
phsre Snd atSer hns
says that for seven years that. dull whirr Of
hsee sanes i've machines nSss eseh Two gangs
s ARE always running. II one breaks down the nc
electricity. They take the place OF $4,000 Of
sr gro l even stacked up ye or six deep. as
are the 10000 jars still retained to work tho
hs sha Ss S hoa Ss AZ % sssst
present machines viii stop for the iirst and
will come as near to perpetual motion as any
thing yet devised. for nothing but an earth
,boT ao sSG small .s spP b9 Them
give place to stifi larger ohbs..
Foreman Brown, who .presides in the limo
mems eyrie. and can pick out at q moments
notice any one Of the 1900 wires that are tan
gled up 10 the odorous rubbery masses on the
fourteen mon are now required to look after
the Western Union wires In the city This is
because the wires, instead OF being stretched
on the poles singly, are being punched into
cables Of nineteen each, and run thus over the
poles II bs Wires
will be cabled. Several of these cables are at.
tached to the elevated railroad structures, and
Western Union Is concerned, the overhead
wires, will be nearly gone. .Asto underground
not Yet been able to and a system that will
preserve the cables, on an average, longer than
one year. After that they have to be replaced
with new.
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4 PARACHUTE CRAZE
| Quincy, HI, Gone Daft or Nearly So Over
| BAIdwin's Great Feat. ft.
From the chicago Herald.

Quincy is a veritable city q paraehutes eye.
n' Tom ssHn AT
ssssrs s!f: sss
s ca@pls e sf n the :saas Sssf
s #: ssss
his t Which IN" Re S
S az nearly a. be can s and
e. 81 ON .na III
ss aa 81
tuaiIy The arst step coward aerai loeomotion, . -,
s sna esshF sy
r. s!has aaf
PIE sd q huge uners which oSiSssi.ns!y SarPs
a"s ssiSy.d ,aisasls ssIoSss Thsh If
aie!i Thsss arc dsasSt me so5as5s y ssT,ass
Rs
Ssys s:.s and 81 s ~
broken limbs and heads bst5e the youth q the town
takers will begin reaping theira among the
BsidSin has been the lion Of the day week and month
jump 70 BE- made here Iis FOURTH jaiy plqnss IA
he was dazsd and 50 sore That oeoastic was dios
ln the mean time honoss were lying IN upon Inn so
outside the veil ON Saturday pres him with another
medal the size of liver pad This latter WAS studded
with diamonds and in case o. necessity Nil be highly
set q friends on THURSDAY Bresen,ed hun w.a z
attorney Of this city said among other thingsi
"The most casual observer cannot fail 70 catch Q
glimpse deu research and discovery lying
In pathway The countless ships that shall sail With
electric through the rAckiess air OF the
century laden with human and commercial freight may
owe 70 the discovery OF Thomas :; baldwin the prhci-
pies that shall insure their triumphant success Their
hoss OF passengers may pursue their aerial VOYAGES
with the reafnl thought that Baldwin has
provided safe descent 10 mother earth IN mes OF Lcei
dent peril No man who has given thought TO the
progress OF physical science In our day Ahy with
know.sdEs Or truth tina. hers or there = point or line
may 10 be hero II may 10 be there, bur u
rocedes with each discovery and beckons u
onward. and WAS about 10 say upward with Baldwin,
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Bob Iussrsslrs Wedding.

A pension examiner in Illinois Was required
70 take tho deposition Of an applicant for a pen,
sion who seemed very poAtys about the date on
which he contracted severe cold which reaulted In .
chronic dnieuty, i9r which he claimed the bounty Of
the inquiry how IL that he could swear 10 met
dent watch was comparatively trivial when 1t occurred
lie said;
February lsj2, because Bob IngerAoll married
the fposirE day How do come 70 rsmembsr that 20
we'll Why, Rob the Colonel OF egimsnt was
on guard duty feorA tho night Of the 2lsL IL
wns cold N ever felt It. and stood al my post
you don't give me an oyercoat bottle Of whisksy.
or relieve me from this duty l Will freeze 10
death lie replied sTn DO ali three With
thai he took on h pvercoaL which had bssn made
portion OF hL wedding outdt and handed u TO Then
iom his inside pocket he hoAted out nAAk OF prime
old and od that ever too After that be ef'
ddn a,us orders for the relief OF the entire guard
he GAld u cuhssd cold for guard duty that night
AN not iksy % seen foTssI Col 1obS IsddinGh
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DOCTORS DLSAGREE
Alleged Unfair Treatment In the Selection
OF . Candidate for West Point.

Alleged Unfair Treatment In the seIectisn
OF . Candidate for West Point
MDDLETowN, N. Y, Aug. 6.-The result Of
Q competitive examination for the selection OF
Q young man to represent the Fifteenth Con-
gress district at West Point Military Academy
has stirred up much bad feeling throughout
the district The examination was held at
Goshen on the 21st ult.. and was conducted by
O Board OF Examiners named by Congressman
Henry Bacon. consisting OF School Commits
sioners D. L. Morrison and Ira L. Case Of
Orange county and william Westfall Of Sulli-
van county. with Drs. J. II. Thompson and
Arthur Pell Of Goshen az examining surgeons.
Eleven young men. representatives Of all OF
the three counties, appeared and underwent
examination. The result was o certificate re-
turned to Congressman Bacon by the Board
tnat Samuel A. Kane Of Monticello stood high;
qualifications required. and. In accordance
young tn man 20 the war Tor
Pointment as cadet. with BENJAMIN D. Hyer Of
Newbnrgi. tho next highest tn'ayerage stand
ing, for alternate. Kane received the appoint
When it became known through the district
against q, 81. s9. and IS obtained respectively
By s snS that
Hons by the adverse and disaualifyinR reports
OF the surgeons who conducted the physical
examinations, there were murmurs heard In
dicating suspicion and dissatisfaction with the
award. The fact that the father Of young Kane
Is q well-to-do and active Sullivan county poll.
tlcian, supposed advantage not enjoyed by
the other aspirants tended to throw q deeper
shadow OF dlstrqst over the affair. s,,s,..o,
one of the four higher competitors IN literary
qualifications. II was leRrIod that the exam
lining surgeons had certined that no was az
flcted with "incurVation OF the spine" and
gave him the dis9ualifying rating OF 20 only
In physical standing. This conclusion WAS
so surprising and unsatisfactory to the young
mans friends that they had him examined by
five reputable physicians and surgeons OF his
own town. who certify that they can find no
evidence whatever Of q defect or deformity OF
the spine. A day or two ago young Cox sub
mitted himself for examination By Dr. james
p. Kimball, post surgeon Of tho Military Acade-
my at West Point. who ikewiso .certihes that
the young man has no disabling incurvation OF
the spine. and Is physically fit candidate for
appointment as cadet
intensified the public impression that the
Tour candidates who scored the higher marks
In literary merit and particularly young Cox.
were unfairly treated. To secure, II possible,
some repatriation for the alleged wrong petit
tlon is being largely signed. asking the War
Department to revoke the appointments OF
young Kane. and to open tho cadetship TO
another competitive examination. 1t II un-
derstood also that members Of tho Orange
County Medical Society. viii bring the action
case before that body at its forthcoming eomi-
annual session. foe Investigation and EeVteM.